Machine for winding brooms.



No. 770,782. PATENTED SEPT. 27, 1904. J. G. SINGLETON.

MACHINE FOR WINDING BROOMS.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 23, 1903.

NO MODEL. 2 SHEETSSHEET 1.

No. 770,782. PATENTED SEPT. 27, 1904. J. G. SINGLETON.

MACHINE FOR WINDING- BROOMS.

APPLIOATION FILED MAY 22. 1903.

no MODEL. 2 SHEETS-SHEET z.

UNITED STATES Patented September 27, 1904.

JOHN C. SINGLETON, OF EVANSTON, ILLINOIS.

MACHINE FOR WINDING BROOMS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 770,782, datedSeptember 27, 1904.

Application filed May 23, 1903. Serial No. 15 8,462. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J OI-IN O. SINGLETON, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing in the city of Evanston, Cook county, Illinois, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Machines for Winding Brooms, ofwhich the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to facilitate the manufacture of brooms,feather dusters, and analogous articles, and especially to providemechanism which shall conveniently and economically wind wire aboutbrush materialsuch as broom-corn, feathers, bristles, twigs, fiber,&c.and secure the same to suitable handles to form a broom, meaning bythe term broom to include also clusters, brushes, and analogousarticles.

In the drawings, wherein like letters and numbers denote like partsthroughout the several figures, Figure 1 is a side view of a machineembodying my invention,'showing its connections with power. Fig. 2 is atop view of the same on line 2 of Fig. l, and Fig. 3 is a sectional viewof the barrel and chuck for holding and turning the handle.

A denotes a barrel in which a chuck is fitted; B, an endless belt,traveling carrier, or feedapron for spreading andfeeding the brush, andC any suitable frame for supporting the machine. The barrel A is made torevolve during the winding operation by means of the pulley 6, which ispositively attached thereto. Any suitable intermittent connection withpower under the control of the operator may be used. I have shown thepower communicated from overhead shafting by means of pulley 8, mountedthereon and revolving clockwise, and the loose belt 7, passing overpulley 6. The belt 7 slips or runs loosely over pulley 6 until the slackis taken up by operating-treadle 10, which pushes forwardtightening-pulley 9. Tightening-pulley 9 is mounted on the long arm 11of a bell-crank 12, pivoted at 1 1, the short arm of which is connectedby a link 13 to the treadle 10. The operator may thus rotate the barrelby pressing the treadle 10 and stop it by removing the pressure.

The revolving barrel A is mounted in suitable bearings on the table Cand held in place by collars 17 and 18. Telescoping or fitting into thebarrel and secured thereto is the chuck 16. The bores of the chuck andbarrel are adapted to receive and have slipped into them endwise thehandle of a broom. This bore should be large enough to receive handlesof the largest sizes and the broom and chuck clampedor-otherw'isepositively locked I together to prevent the handle fromslipping; A clamp operated by'thumb-screw 27 is provided at the outerend of the chuck for the purpose of holding the handle positively, sothat it will revolve with the chuck and barrel. The chuck and barrel aresuitably fastened together by any spline or key mechanism which willcompel the chuck to rotate withthe barrel, while permitting it to bedrawn out or pushed into the barrel during its rotation. It isconvenient to key them together by key 19 in keyway 20. The chuck andbarrel therefore revolve together; but the former may be drawn out fromthe latter or forced back a distance equal to the length of the keyway20, a distance which is sufficient for ordinary operations. Thismovement may be obtained during rotation by providing theexternallyprojecting periphery of the chuck with the ring-surface 21 andproviding a ring-toothed segmental gear 22, pivoted at 23, operated bylever-handle 24: and meshingwith the rings 21 in such manner as to drawout or force back the chuck into the barrel by turning the handle 24without arresting or interfering with the rotation of the chuck andbarrel. 'In this mannerv the chuck will shift the handle endwise whilerevolving it and cause the wire to wind higher or lower on the handle,as desired.

The brushsuch as broom-corn, feathers, bristles, fiber, or other brushmaterial-is deposited upon a traveling carrier or other forwardingmechanism whichI prefer to construct in the form of the endless belt orapron B.

The butts are placed endwise against the guide or butt board 28 andprojecting over the opening 30 between the belt and the guide-board.Belt B passes over the drum or pulley 25 and the pulley 29, the shaftsof both pulleys being parallel. Pulley 29 'ismounted in suitablebearings directly below the axis of the chuck, so that the belt-carriertravels in a a plane slightly below the projecting handle of the broom.The wire, cord, or other suitable binding material used in winding thebroom is first passed around the drum or pulley 25 several times andthen carried under the grooved wire guide or finger 26 and fastened tothe end of the broom-handle projecting from the chuck A, whichis forcedout by lever 24 to bring the handle end into the desired alinement withthewire. Rotation of the chuck Winds the wire or cord on the broomhandleand rotates pulley 25, around which the wire or cord is wrapped. Thisdrives belt B, with the brush upon it, toward the'handle in the chuck.The guide 26 is so placed that the wire is held below the butts. Thegrooved chuck is so shifted that the butts which project over the edgeof the belt are caught between the wire and the handle as the latterrevolves in the chuck and are wound in successive layers. When it isdesired to wind the material farther back or farther down the handle,the chuck is moved forward or backward by the segmental gear 22. Toprevent the material from bunching as it is fed by the belt between thewire and handle and also to prevent the material wound on the broom frominterfering with the material on the belt, I provide the sloping shield31, placed across the belt and sloping forward from supports placed 'onthe side of the carrier toward the wire and adapted to spread thematerial and feed it evenly. The butt-board 28, against which the buttsor binding ends of the broomcorn or other brush material are placed, maybe shifted nearer or farther from the carrierbelt, thus diminishing theopening 30 and decreasing the projection of the butts over the edge ofthe carrier by turning segmental gears 32 and 33 by means of lever 34.These gears each mesh with teeth on the racks 35 and 36 and are adaptedto advance or withdraw as the segmental gears are turned, therebyadvancing or Withdrawing the butt-board 28, attached or suitably mountedon the racks, while maintaining its parallelism. The racks are held bycollars in position on the table C.

While Iv have shown the belt or feed-apron B, it is obvious that inbinding very heavy brooms or dusters it may be found desirable tosubstitute therefor other forwarding mechamsm.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is- 1. In amachine for winding brooms, dusters and analogous articles, the combination of means for rotating thehandle and winding wire about it, means for feeding brush material inbinding position between said handle and wire in successive layers, andmeans for shifting said handle longitudinally during the windingoperation.

2. In a broom-winding machine, a chuck adapted to hold a handlelengthwise its axis,

means for securing said handle therein, a revolvingv barrel envelopingone end of said chuck,i and means for drawing said chuck in and out ofsaid barrel during the rotation of 7 said barrel and chuck.

3. A broom-winding machine havingafeedbelt adapted to carry brushmaterial in binding position to a broom-handle, a chuck adapted tosupport and rotate said handle above and substantially at right anglesto the path of said belt, and means for rotating said chuck and belt andfor winding the wire on the handle simultaneously whereby'the brush isfed between a wire and handle as the latter rotates and the wire iswound thereon.

4:. In a machine for winding brooms, a feedbelt mounted on pulleysadapted to convey brush material in binding position, a rotary supportadapted to hold a broom-handle and means for advancing said belt towardthe broom-handle and rotating said support and winding the wire on thehandle simultaneously, whereby said material is fed between abroom-handle and a wire attached thereto, for the purposes described.

5. Ina broom-winding machine, a rotating barrel, a chuck mounted andlongitudinally adjustable therein adapted to hold a broom: handle, meansfor moving said chuck longitudinally while thus rotated, means forwinding wire on the handle, a feed-belt moving substantially atright'angles to said chuck and adapted to feed brush material crosswisethereof beneath a wire or cord attached to said handle.

6. In combination with means for winding Wire about the end of a handle,an endless belt, a butt-board in substantial parallelism with said belt,means for spreading layers of brush material upon said belt, the endsprojecting over the edge of said belt against said butt-board, saidbutt-board being adapted to aline said butts and said belt to advancethem between the wire andhandle, whereby said brush is wound insuccessive layers about said handle, for the purposes described.

7 In combination with means for winding a wire about the end of ahandle, a brush-carrier, abutt-board in substantial parallelism thereto,means for spreading the brush material upon said carrier, the endsprojecting beyond the edge thereof against said butt-board, means foradvancing and withdrawing said butt-board to and from said carrier whilemaintaining said parallelism, and means for feeding said brush evenlybetween said wire and handle, for the purposes described.

8. In a broom-winding machine, means for winding wire about the end of ahandle, an endless belt, means for spreading and arranging brushmaterial thereon, and means for feeding said brush material evenlybetween said wire and handle, for the purposes described.

9. In a broom-Winding machine, the combination of a rotary chuck,adapted to hold a simultaneously rotating said chuck and adbroom andWind a Wire thereon, Wire-feeding vancing said feed-belt, for thepurposes de- TO mechanism, means for adjusting said chuck scribed.longitudinally, a feed-belt traveling in a horizontal planesubstantially at right angles to and slightly below the axis of saidchuck, said Witnesses: apron being adapted to feed brush material ANDREWR. SHERIFF, between said Wire and broom, and means for CHARLES L. HINE.

JOHN C. SINGLETON.

